27 Oct 2021

AFIMSC Ventures accelerates change across installation, mission support enterprise

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Ventures innovation office has helped Airmen and Guardians pursue ideas for delivering better, faster installation and mission support since its inception in 2018.

2 Aug 2021

Wanted: Innovative ideas for Spark Tank 2022

Spark Tank 2022, a Department of the Air Force annual competition in which Airmen and Guardians pitch innovative solutions to operational problems, will accept submissions in early August 2021.

18 Jul 2021

AFRL invites new science, technology ideas through Air Force, Space Force Tech Connect

On behalf of the Department, as one laboratory supporting two services, the Air Force Research Laboratory has developed the Air and Space Forces Science & Technology (S&T) Front Door, to connect potential partners with S&T experts and opportunities.

10 May 2021

AFICC/KU turns innovations into solutions, processes with iHub

The website encourages collaboration and increases shared knowledge between AFICC/KU, USAFE-AFAFRICA contracting squadrons and mission-focused business leaders, or MFBL, to spark innovations. Change agents can use the website as a filter for information to streamline processes or solve issues within squadrons or even across the theater.

6 Nov 2020

Call for Innovation Rodeo ideas nears Dec. 1 deadline

With less than a month to go in their annual call-for-topics campaign, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is still looking for innovative ideas with potential to change the Air Force.

13 Feb 2020

Wanted: Ideas on Space Force members’ name, ranks

The U.S. Space Force is looking for feedback from U.S. military space professionals on what Space Force members should be called.

17 Jan 2020

AFMC seeks innovative ideas through IdeaScale Campaign

Airmen and civilians from across the enterprise are invited to submit innovative ideas and solutions to improve the AFMC mission through the Air Force Ideation Platform, or IdeaScale, now through September 2020.

5 Jul 2019

Air Force gathers innovators for Tyndall AFB rebuild

To that end, members of the Tyndall Program Management Office, along with Air Force experts, industry and community leaders participated in an AFWERX-sponsored workshop June 25-26 in Las Vegas to rebuild the installation as a “base of the future.”

22 Feb 2018

CMSAF discusses the innovative spirit of Airmen

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright discussed how to harness the innovative spirit of Airmen during the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 22, 2018.

23 Jan 2018

Two innovative Space Command ideas are in Air Force competition

Air Force Space Command recently nominated two innovative ideas for the Air Force’s Spark Tank competition.

17 Jan 2018

AFWERX-Vegas provides creative toolbox to give life to innovative ideas

The opening of the Air Force AFWERX-Vegas storefront marks an official invitation for innovators and entrepreneurs of all backgrounds to congregate, ideate and fabricate solutions for today’s warfighter.

30 Jun 2017

Air Force posts new challenges on crowdsourcing idea website

Air Force officials have posted a new set of topics (in the form of challenges) on the Revitalizing Air Force Squadrons crowdsourcing/idea website after closing out the first set of challenges June 19, 2017.

5 Nov 2014

Air Force pilot develops plan to reduce jet fuel consumption

The Air Force spends more than $9 billion annually on energy. Aviation consumes 86 percent of that amount. In support of the Air Force Energy Strategic Plan to foster an energy aware culture and reduce aviation fuel consumption, an instructor pilot from the 5th Flying Training Squadron has introduced some innovative ideas to make pilot training more energy efficient.

5 Nov 2014

Airman discovers grandfather's World War II story

An Airman here recently discovered that his grandfather was among a small group of Americans who joined the Canadian military to thwart the tyranny of Nazi Germany prior to America entering World War II.

4 Apr 2014

Air Force launches new program to capture innovative ideas

Air Force officials announced the creation of a new program April 4, designed to harness Airmen’s innovation.